Qld govt debt plan not sustainable: report

The Queensland government must do more if it is to reduce the state's predicted $80 billion debt problem.

The state's auditor-general hit out at the state's debt action plan in a report released on Thursday.

The plan, outlined in the state budget earlier this year, includes transferring $4.1 billion of debt to government-owned power companies, using assets set aside to fund long service leave liabilities and suspending contributions to public servant superannuation.

"To reduce GGS (general government sector) debt levels over the long term, the state will need to apply more permanent solutions."

Treasurer Curtis Pitt revealed this week during his Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review (MYFER) that his debt transfer strategy would continue, with the government lumping the state-owned Gladstone and Townsville ports and Sunwater with $1 billion in government debt.

Total debt, including that shifted to the government-owned corporations, was on track to grow to $79.7 billion by 2018/19.